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No. 416,729. Patented Deo. 10,1889;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,729, dated December10, 1889. Application filed September 4, 1889. Serial No. 322,969. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AMOS O. HESS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salem, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon,which form apart of this specification.

My. invention relates to improvements in gatesof that form known asfarm-gates, the

several features of which will be fully hereinafter' described, and setforth in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide against the sagging of the postto which the gate is hung by so constructing said gate that the outerend may be raised when sagging makes it necessary. I attain the objectby the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure I is a side elevation of the gate. Fig. II is a horizontalsection of a part on line Fig. I.

Like letters designate like parts in the two iigures.

Ais a base-piece used to support the posts.

B is the post to which the gate is hung, and into this are drivenangular irons forming the pivots embraced by the straps D and E. Theformer hinge-strap is illustrated at D, Fig. 2. The strap is bent, asshown, so that the two boards forming the upright are embraced thereby,and the bolt o completes the connection of the hinge to the gate.

The gate-uprights H and I are each composed of two boards, between whichare held the boards F by the bolts o and n, which pass through the sameand on which the horizontal boards can move.

The forward part of the gate is held up and nearly in a horizontalposition by the diagonal brace G. The lower end of this brace is curvedand bears against a curved notch in the boards, forming the upright H.The bolt u is used to hold the end in position, and the bolt 7 entersone of a series of notches in the underedge of the top board, and whenthe thumb-screw l is tightened the parts are made rigid.

To add greater rigidity to the gate, two boards J, forming verticalbraces, are attached by bolt 6 to the bottom board, and these engage theunder side of the diagonal braces and are fastened by the thumb-screw 2.The catch comprises the bar 4, with a pin to arrest its outwardmovement, and is held on the next to the bottom board between the bars 3and the upright I. It is carried out to enter a slot of post C by theiiatspring 5, attached to the vertical brace. `This catch serves to holdthe The outer end of the gate may be raised or lowered by shifting-bolt7 in the notches of the top board, and the parts are more rigidly boundby the vertical brace, which is secured against the said diagonal brace,thus forming a gate sufficiently rigid, and yet adjustable, to

compensate for sagging of the post to which it is hung.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat- In a gate, the combination,with its pivotallyconnecteduprights and horizontal members, of the diagonal brace engaging notchesin the under edge of the top board, and the double vertical bracesecured to the bottom board. and provided with a tightening-bolt,whereby it may be adj usted to support the diagonal brace in any of itspositions, all substantially as Shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses. i

AMOS O. HESS.

Witn esses B. PICKERING, W. B. SULLIVAN.

